WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 309 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY FROM FRANKLIN TO SYLVA TO ASHEVILLE.
NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...ALLOWING A NEW COATING OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ON ALREADY
FROZEN ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH SOME 3 INCH AMOUNTS FROM THE BALSAMS
TO WEAVERVILLE. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL STEADILY TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BY THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL
BE VERY SLOW TO RECOVER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ROADWAYS WILL
BE QUITE TREACHEROUS DURING THE PERIOD...AND TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED
UNTIL TEMPERATURES CAN WARM ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A
FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES...WITH SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES RESULTING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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GERAPETRITIS
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